Legal Opinion
Kernis J. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1988No. 88-4521PublishedCited by 428 opinions
1Per curiam
Kernis J. Johnson (“Johnson”) appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services that Johnson is not “disabled” within the meaning of the Social Security Act (“the Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 301, et seq. (1982), as amended. We find that the Secretary’s decision to deny benefits to Johnson is supported by substantial evidence, and consequently, we affirm.
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At the time of the administrative hearing, Johnson was 51 years old. He worked most of his life as a tractor operator; plowing, planting, and working in a mill at harvest time. He has a third…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Frances Hames v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- L.B. LOVELACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Antonio FRAGA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Mary Strickland v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Alice M. Oldham v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by428 opinions
- Brown v. ApfelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Boyd v. ApfelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Pete FALCO, SSN 452-44-9336, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Harris v. ApfelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Algiers MUSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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